Independent Movement or Government Subcontractor? – Strategic Responses of Voluntary Organizations to Institutional Processes

Financial Accountability and Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 209-224

  Johansson, Staffan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

inter organizational relations; strategic response; voluntary organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 30444447745     PISSN: 02674424     EISSN: 14680408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0408.00171     Document Type: Article

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